president richard nixon. we're going to continue to watch what's going on with amadinejad's speech at the u.n. you can continue to watch what's going on live.cnn.com. again, always time for the fire and brimstone to begin. >>> evidence now that the crisis in syria is creeping closer and closer and more significantly into the capital of that nation. take a look. a fierce gun battle breaking out between the rebels and the government forces after these two large explosions rocked the army's headquarters in damascus. you do not often see giant billowing smoke like this in damascus. this attack is the second though on a military facility in that city in two days. iran's state-run press tv says that one of its correspondents covering the attack was killed by rebel sniper fire. the syrian government says that four of its guards were also killed and 14 other people were wounded. the rebel free syrian army for its part is claiming responsibility for this, but the government, as it always does, says they are terrorists